Debt Showdown At Standoff

WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressure continues to build but no breakthroughs are in sight as budget bargaining between President Barack Obama and top lawmakers resumes Monday at the White House.

Both sides hope to slash the deficit as the price for permitting the government to borrow more than $2 trillion to pay its bills. President Obama continues to push for a "grand bargain" in the range of $4 trillion worth of deficit cuts over the coming decade, but momentum is clearly on the side of a smaller measure of perhaps half that size.

President Obama continues to press for revenue increases as part of any agreement, but Republicans remain stoutly opposed. President Obama holds a news conference Monday morning. The third White House meeting since Thursday is slated for Monday afternoon.

President Donald Trump visited a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders, but extending few public words of consolation...

President Donald Trump visited a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders, but extending few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning.

The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses nationwide aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.

The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses nationwide aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.